Popular vehicles may face EPA hitch

  • 04/02/1999

Fast selling light duty trucks and sport utility vehicles would face tougher emission standards under a proposal the US Environmental Protection Agency plans to unveil as early as this month. The proposal is expected to call for tough rules similar to those California enacted last year. The plan the agency is leaning toward would require light-duty trucks to meet largely the same standards as cars, ending the system of looser tailpipe requirements for bigger, more powerful vehicles, people familiar with the proposal said.